20+ hour, 46+ min ago   (396+ words) VATICAN CITY (OSV News) — The following is the full text of Pope Leo XIV’s Angelus address given Sunday Sept. 13 at St. Peter’s Square. Dear brothers and sisters, Happy Sunday! Today’s Gospel speaks to us of forgiveness, which is a fundamental…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (604+ words) VATICAN CITY (OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV has appointed Franciscan Father Gerardo Antonio Vargas Cruz, currently vicar for clergy of the Archdiocese of San Juan, Puerto Rico, as coadjutor bishop of Fajardo-Humacao, Puerto Rico. The appointment was announced at the…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (1747+ words) (ROME) CNS — If Bishop Robert Paul Boxie was selected to become a bishop just because he is Black, he said he is comfortable with that. “Some people may believe I’ve been selected, picked, because I’m Black,” he said in an…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (775+ words) VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Everyone needs to feel there is room for them in their bishop’s heart, Pope Leo XIV said. “Love the people that the Lord has entrusted to you” and boldly bring the Good News of salvation to everyone,…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (998+ words) (OSV News) — Andrzej Poczobut, a Belarusian Catholic dissident and journalist, returned to Belarus Sept. 8, following an audience with Pope Leo XIV and after five months in exile in Poland, saying he was prepared to risk arrest and urging Western Catholics…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (475+ words) VATICAN CITY (OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV explained why “giving witness to unity” is something close to his heart in a Sept. 9 audience with bishops associated with the Focolare movement. The pope, whose motto is “In the One, we are…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (841+ words) PARIS (OSV News) — As French bishops fight against time to organize Pope Leo XIV’s visit to the country, they stress the apostolic trip will be a “very significant moment” for Catholics in France and beyond. On Sept. 8, the president of…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (241+ words) (OSV News) — The following is the full text of Pope Leo XIV’s general audience address given Sept. 9 in St. Peter’s Square. The Documents of the Second Vatican Council. IV. Pastoral Constitution Gaudium et Spes (GS12-22). 2. Human dignity: gift and responsibility. Brothers…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (353+ words) (OSV News) — An Illinois diocese has done away with eulogies during funeral Masses and also visitation of the deceased in the church immediately before the Mass. Bishop Thomas J. Paprocki of Springfield announced in a video and statement both dated…...

6+ day, 18+ hour ago   (600+ words) (OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV returned Sept. 7 to the Marian shrine of Our Lady of Good Counsel, where he asked the Virgin Mary for aid to bring God’s word to light through “courageous and wise decisions.” The pope traveled to…...